Adjustable fixture for window-shade, curtain, and drapery supports



March 18, 1930. C. A. BUNKER ,7

AISJUSTABLE FIXTURE FOR WINDOW SHADE, CURTAIN, AND DRAPERY SUPPORTS Fi led Oct. 3, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l March 18 1930. c, BUNKER 1,751,126

ADJUSTABLE FIXTURE FOR WINDOW SHADE, CURTAIN, AND DRAPERY. SUPPORTS Filed Oct. 3. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 MEMQK. (g; ABgE/rez? B Y v WTTORNEZS.

Patented Mar. 18, 1930 UNITED srrss,

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CHARLES A. BUNKER, or KANSAS crrY, MIssoUnI, nssrenon To BUNKER=GLANCE MANUFACTURING corvrrAnY, on Kansas CITY, MISSOURI, n CORPORATION or MISSOURI ADJUSTABLE FIXTURE FDR WINDOEV-SHADE, CURTAIN, AND DRAIPERY SUPPORTS Application filed October 3, 1927; Serial- No. 223,639.

This invention relates to window fixtures and more especially to that class in which the fixtures are supported in position against wood or metal window casings without the use of nails, screws or other Objects for piercing or embedment in the casing.

The object of the invention is to produce fixtures whereby window shades can be supported within or without the window casing, and adjustable to accommodate shade rollers of different length. Another object is to provide fixtures whereby curtains and draperies may be supported at the same or different levels with regard to each other and I the shades; V I

lVith these general objects in view the inventionconsists in certain novel and useful features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter described and claimed; and'in-order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which: v

Figure 1 is a front or inner face view of the upper part of a window equipped with fix tu-res embodying the invention, for the support of a shade within the casing.

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical section on the line IIII of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary front view similar to Figure 1, but provided with attachments for the suspension of curtains and draperies from a plane below the plane of thetop member of the window casing and either above the plane of theshade as shown, or below such plan'e,-if desired. V

Figure 4 is a horizontal fragmental section on the line IV-IVof Figure? 7 Figure 5 is a vertical section on the line V-Vof Figure 4, but showing the shade in elevation. 4

Figure 6 is a vertical section on the line VI- VI of Figure 5, but omitting the telescopic supporting member.

' Figure 7 is a horizontal fragmental sectionshowin'ga modified construction for supporting a window shade roller beyondthe inner faceof the window casing. v

Figure 8 is a front elevation of the construction disclosedby Figure 7. Figure 9 is aperspecti ve view of a channel member for use in the supportof curtain and drapery fixtures or attachments.

Figure 10 is .a detail perspective view of one of the curtain supporting attachments. Figure 11 is a fragmentary perspective view of an upright for use when curtains or draperies are to be supported from a plane higher than that of the windowopening.

Figure 12 is a detail perspective View of a channel member for use in conjunction with an upright of the character illustrated by Figure 11. i

In the said drawingswhere like reference characters identifycorresponding parts in all of the figures, lindica'tes a window casing which may be of wood, metal or any other material, or of any combination of materials desired.

An element of the appliance common in all of its forms or applications, consists of a telescopic member composed of two channel bars 2 and '8, and two gripping devices mounted on the outer ends of the member.

gripping} devices each consistof a vertical within a particular window casing: The} channel plate 5 equipped, in its outer or chan neled side, witha compressible block -6 which may be of rubber or any other suitable material for frlotlonally engaging or gripping the opposing inner side of the wi-n do w casing; and thus with the companion grlpplng device, affording support for the member and the other fixtures, hereinafter described. In

the preferred construction, "the ends of the telescopic member terminate in upwardlyprojectin'g angle-flanges 7, and in the appli-1 cation of the-devices for supporting a win 2: dow shade within the casing, the channel plates 5 of thegripping devices are provided 1 V a at-their inner sides with hollow verticalribs 8 provided with transverse slots 9 for-engagement by the angle flanges of the telescopic member. The construction thus far described is the same as shown and claimed in my co-pending application Serial No. 223,638 for adjustable support for clothes hangers or shade. fixtures, filed of even date herewith. 7

As distinguished, however, from the inventionof said co-pending application, the channel plates herein are preferably of greater length, and each may be provided with a longer compressible block or with a plurality of such blocks, and'saidplates are provided at points in planes below the slots 9 engaged by the telescopicmember,with vertical slots 10 in the hollow ribs 8, said slots having lateral openings 11 through which the ends of the shaft or pintles of a shade-carrying roller 12 may be fitted for engagement with the lower ends of the slots 10, which thus serve as bearings for the shade roller. In order that the gripping devices may be used with either end upward or interchangeably, the openings llcommunicate with the slots 10 intermediate the length thereof, and the hollow ribs 8 of the channel plates 5 are provided with a second set of slots 9, the slots of each of such channel plates being disposed at opposite ends and equal distances from the vertical slots '10. When the fixture as described is used as a support for a shade roller within the window casing below the telescopic member, the'lower set of transverse slots 9 are of course functionless as appears by reference to Figures 1 and 2. r a V With windows to be equipped with shades outside the window casing, that is inward thereof as contrasted with the use of the shade actually within the window casing asmore' common in practice, and as disclosed in Figures 1 and 2, reference is to be had to Figures 7 and 8; In said figures, the telescopic member (one bar thereof only appearing), is equipped at itsends with the gripping devices, but in this case the gripping devices are 1 preferably shorter than asshown where the shade roller underlies the'telescopic mem her. In the construction shown by Figures 7 and 8, the outer side arms ofthe channel plates of the gripping devices are formed with I channeled extensions 13 to fit flatly agamst the inner faces of the vertical portions of the window casing,and the arms of said channeled extensions 13 are providedwith longitudinal series of'openings 14. Each bracket for the support of the shade roller '12 has'the,

. common type of arm 15for rotative engagement by the shaft or a pintle of said roller, and a 'base portion16 projecting laterally from and at right angles to arm 15,130 fit flatly against the base or body portion of. the

respective channeled extensionl3, and said base portion 16 is provided with upwardly projecting and out-turned hooks 17 for engagement with a pair of holes 14 of the up-' per flange of theextension 13; Said base portion is also provided with a vertical slot 18 bridged by a central raised portion or keeper 19 and fitted for vertical movement in said slot and under said bridged portion or keeper is a slidable catch 20. The catch is bowed outt wardly at its upper end at 21 to overlap said base portion 16 and be limited in downward movement by engagement with the upper edge of the raised portion orkeeper 19. Said catch is also preferably provided near its lower end with an. outwardly projecting lug 22 to 'fit against the base portion and thus cooperate with the keeper in retaining the catch in operative relation wit-lithe base portion of the is accomplished, the catches are permitted to slide downward or'are pushed downward if they do not descend when released, this down-V ward adjustment causing thelower ends of the catches to engage holes in the respective underlying flanges of the channeled extensions 13. The brackets are thus locked in position and are ready for the reception of the'shaft or pintles of'the shade roller, which is thus spaced inwardly from the window casing, as clearly'apparent by reference to Fig ures 7 and 8,

Where it is desired to make application to windows where the shade is to lie within the window casing and the window equipped with curtains or draperies'or both, the construction shown by Figures 1 and 2 is supplemented by additional attachments. In this case the telescopic member is not engaged directly with the gripping devices, but

with auxiliary or intermediate members mounted upon the gripping devices and interlocked therewith by brackets supported by the intermediate or supplemental'devices andforming a supportffor attachments which carry the curtain supports or drapery supports or both. Thebrackets mentioned engage the channel plates of the gripping de vices so as to be capable of adjustment to accommodate thedis'tance between the gripping devices and the inner faces [of the casing, but are interlocked with said channel plates as regards vertical movement relative to the latter. Referring nowparticularly to FiguresS to 5 inclusive, 23"inclicates oneof a" pair of channeled 'members fitting against opposite sides of the channel'plates 5 of the gripping devices, and provided with a vertical rib 24"corresponding substantially'to' v V. the rib of the gripping device plate, and a formed in said rib are one or' more transverse slots -for engagement by the angle flange 7 of the respective end of the telescopic'member', in the same manner that the latter engages the gripping device plates as hereinbefore explained. The side arms of the channele'd members 23 are provided with vertical slots 25 having offsetting notches 26 at their sides nearest the adjacent sides of the window casing, and each member 23 is fitted against the companion gripping device at such point that the notch 26 shall be in transverse alinement with one of the transverse slots 7 of the gripping device channel plate5.

Angle brackets for the support of the attachments which carry the curtain or drapcry supporting rod or both, consist of arms 2? for extending through the slots 25', and.

said arms are formed with longitudinal ribs 28 for engaging the notches 26 and the registering slot 7 of the gripping device channel plates, the arms 27 being adjusted in the auxiliary members until their other arms 29 are brought to bear against the inner faces of the window casing, as shown most clearlyby Figure l. When the parts are thus arranged, the clamping and locking means forming a part of the telescopic member, are operated to extend the latter and thus clamp the gripping devices, through the intermediacy of the auxiliary members 23, firmly against the inner faces of the window casing.

The arms 29 of the angle brackets lastrefer'red to, are of channeled form and correspond to the extensions 13 hereinbefore described,- that is, are provided with a longitudinal series of holes 30 with which, if desired, shade-holding brackets 15 may be engaged. In the construction under consideration, however, the shade is preferably disposed within the window casing and the channeled arms 29 are to be utilized as a support for attachmentsto. carry the cus tomary rods (not shown) r'rom which cur tains or draperies or both are to be suspended. The devices for the support of such rods are identical in construction except in point of size,'as where draperies are desired it is customary for them to hang inward of and in overlapping relation to the curtains. In Fig ures 3 and 4;, devices for the support of the rods mentioned are shown. The supports'for the curtain suspending rod, each comprises'a base plate 31 having depending corner extensions-0r lugs 32 and upwardly extending corner extensions or lugs 33, the latter being preferably longer than the former, and projecting from the center of the plate 1s an angle bar 34 terminating in a socket 35 to receive one end of the curtain rod. To-posr tion 'the device, it is tilted upwardly to permit the upper lugs to be slipped through apair of the holes 30 and is then permitted to swing downward until the plate=31 bears fiatlyagainst the ta'ceof the channel arm 29. It is then permitted'to slide downward un til arrested by the lower flange of arm 29,.

scribed and shown clearly in detail by Figv are 10.

In the construction'described and depicted particularly in Figures 3 to 5 inclusive, brackets for the support-of curtains anddraperies, are arranged horizontally in a plane-below the top portion of the window casing. In some cases it is desirable to suspend the curtame and draperies iroin-aplane higher than The attachment for the.

the window casing opening, and to 'accomplish this, a pair of uprig ts 37 are mounted upon the arms 29 in the same manner that the curtain and fixture attachments are mounted, that is to say, the uprights 37 are provided at their lower ends with base portions 38 of preferably greater width than the body portions of said uprights and formed at their lower corners with short lugs 39, and at their upper corners with longer lugs 40, so that the upright can be fitted on arms29 asex-V plained with reference to the base portions of the curtain rod and shade rod supporting attachments. The body portions of the "uprights which are adapted to substantially con- I tact with the inner face of the top portion of channel member 43 arranged horizontally and 7 having longitudinal series of holes 4 1- in its fianges,and the said attachments for the sup. port or" the curtain'rod and drapery rod are. adapted to be engaged with said p'lates l3 in the manner hereinbefore described with respect to extensions 13, and arms 29, and :said

members 433' haveistamped out of them or rormed upon them 1n any other suitablegman ner afpair of vertically alined rear-wardly pro ecting and downwardly facing hooks or angle lugs 45, which hooks-areof length'to pass freely through a pair of the holes' ll of the respective uprights 37 and then, as the channel members-are lowered, engage thenprights the lower edges of'said holes for the proper support oftheattachments. J

From the above description it willbe ape parent "that I have provided attachments which make provisionrztor adjustment to ac commodate window casings ot'any width or depth and ofany material, andt'o enable one to chan e the arrangement of the parts to accommodate particular casings or conditions or to provide for variations in themanner of disposing the shade, the curtains and the draperies or either of them,1n other words,

I. have provided means whereby any house wife may drape or arrange her shades, curtains and draperies according to her individual taste, and may change such arrangements without the necessity of marring the'finish of the woodwork or the like by the use of.

sible blocks, channelled brackets secured to the ends of the transverse member-and fitting astride the gripping devices for preventing transv rse movement thereof and transmitting outward pressure thereon from the trans verse members to compress said'blocks against the inner faces of the opposite sides of awindow casing, said brackets having vertical slots in their sides havingotfsetting notches, and angle brackets fitting against'the room faces of the sides of the window casing and ex tending through said vertical slots of said brackets andprovided with longitudinal ribs extending through'the said offsetting notches and the slots of the respective gripping, devices.

2. In an appliance of the character described, the combination of an extensible transverse member, gripping devices at 0131 posite ends thereof provided with transverse slots andw1th outwardly-progecting compressible blocks, channelled brackets secured to the ends of the transverse member and fitting 'astride the gripping devices for preventing transverse movement thereof and transmitting outward pressure thereon to compress said blocks against the inner faces of the op posite'sides of aiwindow casingysaid members having vertical slots in their sides having offset-ting notches, angle brackets fitting against the room faces of the window casing and extendlngthrough said vertical slotsof said member' and provided with longitudinal ribs extending through the said offsetting notches andthe slotsof the respective gripping-de'vice,'and support fixtures detachably secured. to the arms of said angle brackets ttin-g against "the .room side of the window casingxf r r 'with blocks, channel brackets fitting astri'dethe 3. In an appliance of the character described, the combination of a transverse. member, gripping. dev1cesrat opposite ends thereof, brackets secured to the ends of the transverse member and interlocked asregards lateral'movement with said transverse member andv said gripping devices and bearing outwardly against the latter for transmitting out-ward pressure thereon from the transverse member, angle brackets. interlocked as regards vertical and lateral move-v ment with respect to said first-named brackets, uprights at opposite sides of theroom faces of a window casing and detachably'con nected to said angle brackets, members de tachably mounted on said uprights, and fix-f tures detachably mounted onsaid last-named members. 7 p I. in an appliance of the character described, the combination of a transverse,

member, gripping devices at opposite ends thereof, brackets secured to the ends of the transverse member and interlocked as regards lateral movement with said transverse member and said gripp ng devices and bearing outwardly against the latter for. transmitting outward pressure thereonfrom the transverse member, angle brackets interlocked as regards vertical and lateral movement with respect to said first-named bracle ets, uprights at opposite sides of the room faces of a window, casing and detachably connected to angle brackets, members de; tachably mounted on said uprights, and fixtures adjustable on and detachabl'y connected to said members. r Y

'5. In an appliance of the character dce scribed, the combination of a transverse member, gripping devices at opposite ends thereof, brackets secured to the ends of the transverse member and interlocked as regards lateral movement with the gripping devices and bearing outwardly against the latter for transmitting outward pressure thereon from the transverse member, angle brackets interlocked as regards vertical and ieo lateral movement with respect to said first I named brackets and longitudinally adjust able transversely of said transverse member, upright members detachably secured at their lower ends to said angle brackets at opposite sides ofa window'opening and pro-7 vided with longitudinal series of openings, members fitting against said upright mem-' bers and provided with downwardly-facing hooks engaging openings of said uprights,

and fixtures adjustably secured to said lastnamed members and therefrom.

6. In an appliance of thexcharacte'rdescribed, the combination of a transverse member, gripping devices at opposite ends thereof providedwi'th transverse slots and outwardly projecting compressible projecting inwardly w Cal gripping devices for transmitting outward pressure thereon to compress said blocks against the inner faces of the opposite sides of a window casing, and detachably secured to the transverse member at the ends thereof; said brackets having vertical slots in their sides having offsetting notches, angle brackets fitting against the room faces of a window casing and extending through said vertical slots of said member and provided with longitudinal ribs extending through the said offsetting notches and the slots of the respective gripping device, and support fixtures provided with base portions fitting flatly against the arms of said angle brackets which fit against the room faces of the window casing and detachably interlocked with said arms.

7. In appliances of the character described, a channel bracket having on its bridge portion a longitudinal hollow rib provided with a transverse slot; the arms of the bracket being provided with alined slots paralleling said rib and formed at the oppo-' site side of the slots from said rib with 0&- setting notches.

8. In appliances of the character described, a fixture comprising an arm and a base portion standing at right angles to each other, the base portion having a vertical slot and a keeper bridging the same and also having upwardly and inwardly-facing hooks atits upper corners, and a slidable catch mounted in the slot and extending through said keeper and provided at its upper end with an inwardlybowed portion overlapping the inner face of the base portion; said catch having laterally projecting lugs near its lower end, overlapping the inner face of the base portion and cooperating with the keeper in preventing disengagement of the catch from the bracket.

9. In an apparatus of the character described, a suitably-supported horizontal channel member at the inner face of a window casing, and provided with upper and lower lines of holes in its upper and'lower arms or flanges respectively, angle supporting fixtures engaging the inner or channel face of the member and provided with lugs engaging holes of one of said lines of holes, and a catch slidable vertically on the angle bracket and engaging a hole of the other of said lines of holes.

10. In an apparatus of the character described, an angle bracket, one arm of the bracket being adapted to form a journal support for a roller, and the other arm being pro vide'd with a pair of upwardly-projecting lugs at its upper end and with a vertical slot extending to and through the lower edge and formed at an intermediate point with'a keeper bridging said slot, and a sli'dable catch engaging said slot and keeper and bent outwardly at its upper'end to overlie the keeper vholding the gripping devices against inward or outward movement relative to the transverse member, and angle brackets carried by the first-named brackets, corresponding arms oft-he angle brackets engaging the gripping devices to prevent upward .or down-ward movement thereof relative to the transverse member, and the other arms of the'angle brackets fitting against the inner or room faces of the casing. a a

12. In an appliance of-the character described, the combination of a transverse member for disposal within a window casing,

gripping devices at opposite ends of the said member for engagement with the opposing side faces of the casing, brackets secured to opposite ends of the transverse member and holding the gripping devices against inward or outward movement relative to the transverse member, and angle brackets carried by the first-named brackets, corresponding arms of the angle brackets engaging the gripping devices and the first-named brackets to pre vent upward or downward movement of the gripping devices, and the other arms of the angle brackets fitting against the inner or room faces of the casing. c

13. In an appliance of the character described, the combination of transverse member, gripping devices at opposite ends thereof, brackets secured to opposite ends of the transverse member and holding the gripping devices against inward or outward movement relative to the transverse member, angle brackets carried by the first-named brack ets,corresponding arms of the angle brackets engaging the gripping devices to prevent upward or downward movement there-of relative to the transverse member and the other arms of the angle brackets engaging the room faces of the casing, and fixtures detachably carried by the last-named arms of the angle brackets and projecting inwardly therefrom. v

14:. In appliances of the character described, a transverse member, gripping devices at opposite ends thereof for the support of such member on a window casing, upright channel members secured to the transverse member and engaging the gripping members,

and provided with transversely alined slots having offset notches, and angle brackets extending slidably through said slots and pro-T vided with ribs engaging said offsetting notches.

15. In appliances of thei'character de- 7 scribed, an upright provided with a longitudinal series of holes and at its lower end and opposite side edges, with upwardly-projecting and downwardly-projecting lugs; the lugs occupying vertical planes outward of the planes of the respective side margins of the upright.

16. In an appliance of the character described, a channel plate for horizontal arrangement 1n operative positlon, the arms or flanges of the channel having'a longitudinal series of holes, and the body of the channel having a plurality of rearvvardly projecting downwardly-facing hooks, in combination with anupright having" a longitudinal series of holes, the hooks of the channel plate being adapted for engagement with a corresponding number of the-holes of said upright.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. I

CHARLES A. BUNKER. 

